Total Crime Rate

465.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

205.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 465.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 205.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 89.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.9 10/10
  • Public order 46.5 10/10
  • Other theft 34.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Drugs 19.4 10/10
  • Other crime 15.5 10/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Robbery 11.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ladbrook Drive area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 15th highest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ladbrook Drive (TF2 9DL) in the last 12 months was 465.1 per 1,000 residents and was 456.0% higher than the Oakengates & Ketley Bank average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 205.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ladbrook Drive (TF2 9DL), the main crime hotspot is near Wilkinson Close. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ladbrook Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilkinson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priorslee Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priorslee Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothwell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothwell Close Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other theft Fox Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fox Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hazel Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hazel Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hazel Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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